AMHERST, NEW YORK, November 15, 2016 – Expanding and strengthening the global marketing support for its award-winning line of electronic display equipment, Calibre today announced the appointment of Stampede, the world’s leading value-added distributor of ProAV solutions, to serve as its distribution partner for the Calibre HQView range of high quality, ultra-fast presentation switchers, LEDView range of premium switcher-scalers for LED displays, and HQUltra range of scaler-switchers specially designed for rental staging – all of which incorporate Calibre’s stunning HQUltra precision scaling and HQUltraFast typical quarter second input switching. Stampede will also distribute Calibre’s range of professional blend-and-warp image processors. The appointment is effective immediately, according to Calibre CEO Tim Brooksbank.
“The market demand for premium performance presentation scaler-switchers and image processors is growing and expanding at an explosive rate around the world,” Brooksbank said today. “As Calibre expands its branded product marketing programs, it is critical that we work with a distribution partner that has the global scale of resources and resellers that can represent the Calibre value proposition to the largest audience of potential buyers in every vertical market that employs electronic display equipment. That partner, in our estimation, is Stampede. We’re thrilled to be working with their team!”
According to Stampede President and COO Kevin Kelly, “Calibre has been innovating image processing solutions for third-party OEM customers for more than 28 years. Now that the company is expanding its business strategy for sales and marketing of Calibre branded solutions we are honored that they have selected Stampede to serve as the one distribution partner to help them penetrate more vertical markets on a global scale.”
Underscoring the unique value that Stampede’s new global strategy affords companies like Calibre, Kelly noted that, “Calibre is a perfect candidate for the new Stampede Global Distribution Program. This very solid, high quality regional manufacturer now has the opportunity to look far beyond its traditional market focus and reach a truly global audience of buyers, quickly and cost-effectively, by working with a single source of contact — Stampede. We expect other regional manufacturers to take advantage of this strategic business-building program.”
Kelly emphasized that the exceptional quality and value delivered by the Calibre product line will be immediately apparent to resellers who understand the importance of speed, image quality, and reliability in a product offering. “Calibre is a world-class company that passionately pursues innovation across its product range,” he said. “Our resellers are going to benefit enormously from being able to present Calibre to their customers.”
About Calibre
Multi-award winning British company, Calibre has over the past 28 years achieved world recognition providing image scaling and processing technologies for use in broadcast/television, digital cinema, large venue projection, LED videowalls and surgical medical applications. Calibre manufactures products under its own brand-names as well as providing products and technology to several market leaders in the Pro-AV market worldwide. Calibre is a market leader in innovation, utilizing its own, UK & Germany-based in-house hardware and software design teams for all its product developments and its own UK manufacturing. For more information, please visit http://www.calibreuk.com
About Stampede
Headquartered in Amherst, New York, Stampede (www.stampedeglobal.com) is the world’s leading value-added distributor of integrated AV/IT technology solutions that help resellers meet the expanding technology needs of end-user customers in dozens of commercial vertical markets in Asia, Australia, Canada, Europe, India, Latin America, the Middle East, Scandinavia, South Africa, and the United States.
Stampede provides a global network of nearly 20,000 resellers with the broadest range of traditional ProAV solutions from more than 150 manufacturing partners and leads the way in the creation of the new product categories and related training and support programs that are unleashing the business opportunities of the future — Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Drone Video Systems, Virtual Reality, IoT, Unified Communications, and low cost Video Conferencing. Through its wholly owned subsidiary Just Lamps, Stampede also offers the world’s largest selection of replacement projector lamps. Stampede annually produces the “Big Book of AV,” a 1,100+ page catalog and companion website (www.BigBookofAV.com) providing hundreds of sales, installation and spec tips for Stampede’s dealers in addition to product details on more than 8,000 SKUs. For more information on Stampede, visit www.stampedeglobal.com.
